Mike's parents left New York for Florida. Mike remembers : "I
lived briefly in Chicago and went to college to get out of the army
draft lottery which I drew a lucky 321. I left school next day".

For those like me who don't understand, Mike
explains : "In 1970/1971, the US Government created a lottery
which combined all 365 days of the year from 1 to 365. When your birthday
was picked if the number picked at random was low you would get called up
to join the army. If, within one year, your number was not called - like
high numbers - you were free for the rest of your life from being called
up. They would start a 1 and go up till they filled the quota of men
needed to replace those killed or missing."

Then,
Mike decided to leave for London.

There he got involved in the musical scene and soon put an ad in the
Melody Maker to recruit musicians into rhythm and blues. This led to form Chrome, with Zen DeFleur.

According to Mike, the band only lasted 2 months. Brian Turrington of TheWinkies and Tyla Gang fame was around.